Dave Karnstedt wrote, As for Oregon being "cool" -- temperatures each day of this past week have >been in the mid-nineties with a repeat forecast again for today. Sheesh!! True; but the nights, at least at my home (which is about 1000 feet higher in elevation than Dave's) are in the fifties F (10-15 degrees C), and the humidity has mostly been below 20%. This explains much of the difference between plants that do well in hot weather on the North American east coast and those that do well in it on the west coast. However, I don't think crocuses are affected much by this, since at the depth they lie dormant, the soil temperature doesn't vary much from day to night. I do suspect, however, that some species of crocus are more attractive to predators than others and are eaten preferentially (this is just an anecdotal observation). C. banaticus is always eaten here in the garden, but C. speciosus seems never to be. Dave is right that C. speciosus does well in summer-irrigated sites, and C. vernus also prefers summer moisture. Jane McGary Northwestern Oregon, USA